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Four Southern University Law Center students named 2022 John Paul Stevens Foundation Public Interest Fellows
The John Paul Stevens Foundation has named four Southern University Law Center (SULC) students as 2022 John Paul Stevens Foundation Public Interest Fellows.
Law Center students Sanket Krishna Ghag, Kiauna Reed, Marty Scott, and Adonica Sumlin are four of the 159 Fellows from across 38 law schools across the United States selected for the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program.
“I am extremely honored to be named as one of the 2022 JPS Public Interest Fellows,” said third year law center student Kiauna Reed. “It is my mission in life to promote justice and equity for all and this fellowship has provided me with the tools and resources to overcome barriers and carry out my life's mission.”
In honor of Justice Stevens’ retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, a group of his former law clerks established the Foundation in 2010. An independent nonprofit organization based in San Francisco; the Foundation provides a formal home for the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program.
“I am delighted to be selected for one of the most renowned fellowships of this country,” said third year law center student Sanket Krishna Ghag. “With this fellowship, I wholeheartedly aspire to become an integral part of the next generation social justice lawyers because of the John Paul Stevens Foundation.”
The Foundation is dedicated to promoting public interest and social justice values in the next generation of American lawyers. Through this program, the Foundation supports law students who spend the summer working in unpaid public interest law internships.
"I am extremely grateful and honored to have received the Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowship. Being raised in Langston, Oklahoma, an historically small black town, that is not fortunate to a massive number of resources,” said second year law center student Adonica Sumlin. “It has always been a dream of mine to do public interest work, and to help indigent persons. Being awarded this fellowship I was given support and the opportunity to turn my public interest career dreams of advocating for indigent persons into a reality."
The Fellowship Program reflects Justice Stevens’ deep belief that a dynamic and effective justice system depends on a cadre of trained and committed lawyers committed to public interest work.
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